Eli and Alice were married in a religious ceremony on December 25th, 1872 at St. James (Heywood) witnessed by Edmund Jackson & Frances Mather.1
Marriage/Union Notes
Marriage: 25 Dec 1872 St James, Heywood, Lancashire, England Eli Jackson - 21 years, Fuller, Bachelor, St. James's Heywood Alice Mather - 21 years, Spinster, St. James's Heywood Groom's Father: Joseph Jackson, Fuller Bride's Father: Richard Mather, Fuller Witness: Edmund Jackson; Frances Mather Married by Banns by: W. A. Conway Register: Marriages 1841 - 1875, Page 206, Entry 411 Source: LDS Family Search
Aged 9 in 1861, born Heap Aged 19 in 1871, born Heap
MATHER, ALICE SCOWCROFT GRO Reference: 1851 S Quarter in BURY LANCASHIRE Volume 21 Page 345
Esther's birth was registered at Heywood, so this may be the birth registration for Alice: Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1853 MATHER Mary A Heywood, Rochdale H/19/308